Hello. I am using elasticsearch 5.1.1 on the AWS hosted elasticsearch (meaning, I have no ability to change the configuration in a material way).
We recently moved our architecture from a single-server ES 1.7 to the hosted 5.1.1 and my job is to get everything running on the new version.
So far, things have been running smoothly, however we have a script (nodejs) that uses the official javascript driver to move data from our database to elasticsearch. It uses bulk index commands. I am getting the error:
{ [Error: [illegal_argument_exception] explicit index in bulk is not allowed]
status: 400,
displayName: 'BadRequest',
message: '[illegal_argument_exception] explicit index in bulk is not allowed',
path: '/_bulk',
query: {},
body: '{"index":{"_index":"cards.2017-02-08","_type":"card","_id":23891342}}\n{"id":23891342,"entity_id":28400,"type":"news"}\n',
statusCode: 400,
response: '{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"illegal_argument_exception","reason":"explicit index in bulk is not allowed"}],"type":"illegal_argument_exception","reason":"explicit index in bulk is not allowed"},"status":400}',
toString: [Function],
toJSON: [Function] }
I've searched a lot of places before posting here and I can't seem to figure out what this error is actually saying. Am I doing something wrong? Does this have something to do with the allow_explicit_index (which I'm guessing I can't change since I have no access to elasticsearch.yml)?
What does this error mean, and is there any way to fix it or work around it given the circumstances?
Thanks for any help!